Lighthouse on Asset Protection

Table of
Contents.

References are to paragraph (¶) numbers. Each chapter opens at its overview paragraph.

The Detailed Contents lists every section and subsection.

Part IFirst Principles

Chapter	Title	Begins at
1	The Purpose and Legitimacy of Asset Protection	¶ 101
2	The Threat Matrix	¶ 201
3	The Planner's Duties: Ethics, Civil Exposure and Criminal Lines	¶ 301

Part IIThe Threat

Chapter	Title	Begins at
4	Who the Creditors Are: Contract, Tort, Family, Regulatory and Sovereign Claimants	¶ 401
5	Timing: The Claim Lifecycle and the Foreseeable Creditor	¶ 501
6	Voidable Transactions I: From the Statute of Elizabeth to the UVTA	¶ 601
7	Voidable Transactions II: Intent, Badges, Solvency, Remedies, Transferee Liability and Criminal Exposure	¶ 701
8	Bankruptcy as the Creditor's Strongest Weapon	¶ 801
9	Spouses and Family Claimants	¶ 901
10	The Government as Creditor: IRS, FTC, SEC, DOJ Forfeiture and Repatriation Orders	¶ 1001

Part IIIBuilding Blocks

Chapter	Title	Begins at
11	Title and Ownership: Tenancy by the Entirety, Community Property and Joint Interests	¶ 1101
12	Statutory Exemptions: Homestead, Wages, Life Insurance and Annuities	¶ 1201
13	Retirement Assets	¶ 1301
14	Insurance: Liability Coverage, Captives and Their Limits	¶ 1401
15	Entities I: Inside and Outside Liability, Veil Piercing and Reverse Veil Piercing	¶ 1501
16	Entities II: The Charging Order, Exclusivity, Single-Member and Series LLCs	¶ 1601
17	Third-Party Trusts: Spendthrift, Discretionary, Dynasty and SLATs	¶ 1701
18	Self-Settled Trusts: From the Restatement Rule to the Modern Statutes	¶ 1801
19	Trust Governance: Directed Trusts, Protectors, Decanting and Private Trust Companies	¶ 1901
20	Intrafamily Transfers and the Gifting Question	¶ 2001

Part IVThe Jurisdictions

Chapter	Title	Begins at
21	Comparative Method: How to Evaluate a Jurisdiction	¶ 2101
22	The Cook Islands	¶ 2201
23	Nevis	¶ 2301
24	Belize	¶ 2401
25	Switzerland	¶ 2501
26	Wyoming	¶ 2601
27	Delaware	¶ 2701
28	Other Jurisdictions in Brief	¶ 2801
29	Choosing, Combining and Migrating Jurisdictions	¶ 2901

Part VCross-Border Architecture

Chapter	Title	Begins at
30	Designing the Offshore Trust: Flight, Duress, Protector and Letter of Wishes	¶ 3001
31	Foundations and Hybrid Entities	¶ 3101
32	Insurance and Annuity Wrappers	¶ 3201
33	Layered Structures: Entity, Trust and Jurisdiction Combined	¶ 3301
34	Banking: Where the Assets Are Held	¶ 3401
35	Conflict of Laws: The Hague Conventions, Restatement § 270, UVTA § 10 and Comity	¶ 3501

Part VIDefense

Chapter	Title	Begins at
36	When the Claim Arrives: The First Thirty Days	¶ 3601
37	Discovery, Privilege and the Crime-Fraud Exception	¶ 3701
38	Freezing Orders, Norwich Pharmacal and International Asset Tracing	¶ 3801
39	Contempt, Repatriation Orders and the Impossibility Defense	¶ 3901
40	The Trustee Under Pressure	¶ 4001
41	Recognition and Enforcement Abroad	¶ 4101

Part VIITax, Transparency and Compliance

Chapter	Title	Begins at
42	Tax Neutrality: Grantor-Trust Rules, Gift Completeness, ING Trusts and § 2036	¶ 4201
43	U.S. Information Reporting	¶ 4301
44	FATCA, CRS, Beneficial-Ownership Registers and the Corporate Transparency Act	¶ 4401
45	KYC, AML, Source of Wealth and Sanctions: The Trustee's Gate	¶ 4501
46	Expatriation and the Exit Tax	¶ 4601

Part VIIISpecial Assets and Special Clients

Chapter	Title	Begins at
47	Operating Businesses and Professional Practices	¶ 4701
48	Real Estate	¶ 4801
49	Digital Assets and Self-Custody	¶ 4901
50	Non-U.S. Families, U.S. Persons Abroad and Forced Heirship	¶ 5001
51	Client Profiles: Medicine, Founders, Executives and High-Risk Professions	¶ 5101

Part IXPractice

Chapter	Title	Begins at
52	Intake and the Solvency Analysis	¶ 5201
53	Engagement Terms and the Planning File	¶ 5301
54	Maintaining the Plan: Formalities and Annual Review	¶ 5401
55	Failed Plans: What the Cases Teach	¶ 5501

Appendices

Appendix	Title	Begins at
A	Threat Matrix Worksheets	¶ A01
B	Jurisdiction Comparison Grid	¶ B01
C	Statutory Texts	¶ C01
D	State Exemption, Charging-Order and Criminal-Transfer Surveys	¶ D01
E	Clause Library	¶ E01
F	Forms	¶ F01
G	Reporting Calendar	¶ G01

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